In a decisive move to restore order in its rapidly evolving electric vehicle (EV) market, China's government has introduced a wave of new regulations targeting both the software and hardware sides of the industry. The crackdown spans exaggerated claims in autonomous driving and what experts are calling the country's most stringent lithium battery safety standards to date

In the latest chapter of a rekindled trade war, Beijing has chosen silence over rhetoric, discipline over drama. As President Donald Trump returns to the White House and reasserts his hardline stance against China, the Chinese government has adopted what analysts describe as a strategy of fighting fire with fire— calculated, forceful, but notably devoid of public escalation